Inflatable toy



ROY l3. WEIMER, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MILLER, RUBBER OOM'RANY, OF

AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

INFLATABLE TOY.

' Application filed September This invention relates to toys made oi? rubber capz' c of inflat on and which when so inflated simulate a living being.

The pu'incipal objects of the invention are: the provision of a toy as above which may be cut from sheets oi" unvijilcaniaed rubber and which when cur-13d and iutl ed will have, in the case oi a simulated hun'ian being, arms and legs in their proper relation; which. may have rubber covcrin 's simulating cloth: ing, and which may be easily and cheaply, manufactured.

lit is well known in this art that it is ditlicult to cheaply manutacture a toy simulat ing a human being from sheet rubber by a cutting process, and at the same time pro vide the toy with the requisite number or legs or arms, as the case may be. This in-' vention contemplates a structure making the above possible.

To this end the invention contemplates cutting a main or body compartment of the toy from two superimposed talc or soap stone dusted sheets of unvulcanized rubber witl a die having blunt edges. This cutting action is well known and unites the two sheets along the cut at the same time. This main or body compartment is to include as much of the figure as possible, the remaining arms and legs, as the case may be, being cut as offshoots or supplemental compartments, each of which is connected to the main compartment by aconducting tube formed of the same sheets and at the same time. These supplemental compartments are then folded or juxtaposed upon the main compartment until they occupy the proper relation thereto. They may be held in this position by either cement or an envelop enclosing both main and supplemental compartments or; both. The envelop may simulate clothing.

The accompanying drawings are illustrative of the principle involved.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a completed toy.

Fig. 2 is a detail showing an arm and leg folded.

Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the cut-out device.

Fig. i is a detail of the passageway be tween an arm and leg and the body portion.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the superimposed rubber sheets. V

in the embodiment shown, two sheets of unvulcanized rubber are shown at l and 2,

19, 1925. Serial No; 57,360.

calendered to the proper thickness and well dusted with talc or soap stone to prevent sticking. A d e (not shown) having a blunt edge ot'a configuration indicated at 3 is used i'nents 5. 6 and 7 forming the two arms and other respectively. Each of these supplemental compartments 1s o1ned to the main compartment by means of a narrow tube formed from the sheets 1 and 2, as at 8.

These tubes allow air or other fluid blown,

into the main compartment through an aperture in the foot 9 to flow therethrough into the several supplemental compartments.

After vulcanization to permanently unite the two out out figures, the supplemental compartments are juxtaposed upon the body until the proper relation exists and then held in this position by means of cement.

At 10 is shown an envelop cut from two unvulcanized sheets of rubber by a die and then vulcanized.

This envelop, which in the present case is made to simulate a bathiu suit, partially encloses the toy and assists in holding the arms and legs in position and at the same time covers up the cemented joints and the tubes 8.

I claim:

1. An inflatable toy comprising a main compartment simulating a human body, head, and leg, supplemental compartments simulating the other leg and both arms connected thereto and interiorly communicating therewith, said Supplemental compartments having portions overlying the body portion of the main compartment, an envelope en closing the body portion of the main compartment and overlying portions of the supplemental.compartments only, and means for inflating the compartments.

2. An inflatable toy having a main com-- vpartment simulating a human torso, a head and one leg, two arms forming comparttans-5e nients interim'ly communicating with the shoulder portions of the main compartment and having parts superimposed thereon, a leg forming coinparti'nent interiorly coinmunioating with the thigh portion of the main compartment anclhaving a part overlying said thigh portion, and an envelope enclosing saifl torso and the overlying portions, the head, arms and legs projecting beyond the envelope, said envelope holding the overlying parts in close uxtaposition, and means for inflating the compartments;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROY B. WEIMER. 

